NUTS-3 ES300 · Spain
Madrid
Export region data (CSV)Madrid generates €296bn of GDP across 7.1m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 78.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (100th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (29th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
78.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth77
Livability63.9
Market access73
Economic scale100
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
40
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability43
Labour stability14
Diversification8
Demographic stability95
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
64.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density31
Airport access90
Market access73
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
86.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary94
Lifelong learning80
Knowledge workers93
Scientists & engineers78
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
28
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.2 µg/m³
PM1017.1 µg/m³
NO219.1 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
63.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy63
Jobs31
Education81
Health100
Safety82
Connectivity61
Environment29
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
77
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-4.5 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Finance · real estate · prof. · 34.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2758
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 8.6%Construction 4.6%Trade · transport · ICT 33.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 34.2%Public · health · education 18.8%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€269,700M
2023 · EU pctl 100
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€202M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — industry (B–E)
€23,119M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€15,177M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — construction (F)
€12,434M
2023 · EU pctl 100
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€91,171M
2023 · EU pctl 100
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,600
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
47,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 87
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,600
2023 · EU pctl 70
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€73,703M
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,997M
2023 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€167,171M
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€92,199M
2023 · EU pctl 100
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€50,575M
2023 · EU pctl 100
Labour market
Employment, total persons
3,857,600
2023 · EU pctl 100
Self-employed persons
405,400
2023 · EU pctl 100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
190,000
2023 · EU pctl 100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.3%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.3%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
553,293
2023 · EU pctl 100
Enterprise births
52,854
2023 · EU pctl 100
Enterprise deaths
42,764
2023 · EU pctl 100
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 48
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
246
2012 · EU pctl 97
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 34
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
8.5%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
50.0%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
57.3%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.8%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
33.0%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.7%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
98.6%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
32,320,997
2024 · EU pctl 99
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
606 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
13,298
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
187
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
4,827,262
2025 · EU pctl 100
Population aged 65+
1,342,648
2025 · EU pctl 100
Population aged under 15
943,976
2025 · EU pctl 100
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 28
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.8%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of total population change
14.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Crude death rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Live births
50,770
2024 · EU pctl 100
Deaths
49,408
2024 · EU pctl 100
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.4%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
2024 · EU pctl 8
Population density (persons per km²)
886 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 89
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.4%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
85.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
258 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
696 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
187 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
158 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
232 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
422 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
18 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
650 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
31 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 22
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 68
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 84
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 76
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